Background
Ryland, Glen Leroy was born on August 10, 1924 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Hawkesbury Ridgway and Lola Myrle (Stevens) Ryland.
Ryland, Glen Leroy was born on August 10, 1924 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Hawkesbury Ridgway and Lola Myrle (Stevens) Ryland.
Bachelor of Science, University of California— Berkeley, 1949.
Purchasing agent, California & Hawaiian Sugar Corporation, San Francisco, 1949-1951; insurance manager, California & Hawaiian Sugar Corporation, 1954-1957; manager contract, program administrator, Aerojet-General Corporation, Sacramento and Azusa, California, 1957-1968; controller, chief finance officer, Aerojet Nuclear Systems Company, 1968-1971; vice president finance, chief finance officer, Frontier Airlines, Inc., Denver, 1971-1973; executive vice president, chief operating officer, Frontier Airlines, Inc., 1973-1980; president, chief Executive officer, Frontier Airlines, Inc., 1980-1985; Chairman of the Board, Frontier Airlines, Inc., 1981-1985; president, chief Executive officer, RYCO, Inc., since 1985; president, chief Executive officer, Ryland Equipment Services Corporation, 1988-1991. Board directors Homestake Mining Company, United States West.
Vice chairman Rancho Cordova Park and Recreation District, California, 1959-1961. Member Parents of Hearing Handicapped, 1964-1971, Alexander Graham Bell Association, 1962-1979. Trustee Colorado Outward Bound School, since 1982.
Chairman LifeWorkshop, Covina, California, 1962-1964. Director LifeWorkshop Foundation, Los Angeles, 1962-1964. Board directors Sacramento Hearing Society, 1964-1971, Sacramento Hearing and Speech Center, 1964-1971.
Member executive board Denver Area council Boy Scouts American, since 1975, president, 1978-1981, chairman board, 1981-1984, board directors North Central region, since 1982, vice president, since 1983, member national council since 1978. Campaign chairman Listen Foundation, 1978-1979. Member Colorado Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel, 1979-1981, President's Council for Youth Exchange, 1983-1985.
Advisory board Business School University California, Berkeley, since 1983. Served to lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1942-1945. Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1951-1954.
Member American Management Association, Air Transport Association (director, executive committee 1971-1984), Economic and Finance Council (chairman 1977-1978), Association Local Transport Airlines (vice chairman 1980-1984, chairman 1981), Soaring Society of America, Alumni Association University California at Berkeley, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Silver Wings Fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Beach and Tennis Club (Pebble Beach).
Married Corinne Vere Zurick, June 29, 1947. Children: Sally, Gail, Stephen.